cupsd-helper(8) OpenPrinting cupsd-helper(8)
NAME
cupsd-helper - cupsd helper programs (deprecated)
SYNOPSIS
cups-deviced request-id limit user-id options
cups-driverd cat ppd-name
cups-driverd list request_id limit options
cups-exec sandbox-profile [ -g group-id ] [ -n nice-value ] [ -u user-id
] /path/to/program argv0 ... argvN
DESCRIPTION
The cupsd-helper programs perform long-running operations on behalf of
the scheduler, cupsd(8). The cups-deviced helper program runs each CUPS
backend(7) with no arguments in order to discover the available print-
ers.
The cups-driverd helper program lists all available printer drivers, a
subset of "matching" printer drivers, or a copy of a specific driver PPD
file.
The cups-exec helper program runs backends, filters, and other programs.
On macOS these programs are run in a secure sandbox.
FILES
The cups-driverd program looks for PPD and driver information files in
the following directories:
/Library/Printers
/opt/share/ppd
/System/Library/Printers
/usr/local/share/ppd
/usr/share/cups/drv
/usr/share/cups/model
/usr/share/ppd
PPD files can be compressed using the gzip(1) program or placed in com-
pressed tar(1) archives to further reduce their size.
Driver information files must conform to the format defined in ppdc-
file(5).
NOTES
CUPS printer drivers, backends, and PPD files are deprecated and will no
longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS. Printers that
do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
ippeveprinter(1).
SEE ALSO
backend(7), cups(1), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), filter(7), ppdcfile(5),
CUPS Online Help (http://localhost:631/help)
COPYRIGHT
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2021-02-28 CUPS cupsd-helper(8)
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